IDED names Plano as grant recipient for sewer improvements

(Photo: Iowa Department of Economic Development (IDED) Director, Mary Lawyer; Plano Mayor, Richard Gorden; Plano City Clerk, Marilyn Gorden; Chariton Valley Planning and Development Executive Director, Tracy Daugherty Miller; and IDED staff member Dan Narber. )

At the invitation of the Iowa Department of Economic Development (IDED), Plano Mayor, Richard Gorden, Plano City Clerk, Marilyn Gorden, and Chariton Valley Planning and Development Executive Director, Tracy Daugherty Miller were present as the announcement was made that the city of Plano was chosen as a successful applicant to receive a Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) award.

The announcement was made Friday morning at an awards ceremony in Grinnell. Residents of Plano and ADLM Public Facilities Management will receive $60,000 to assist in the construction of a $641,600 sewer system.

The city of Plano submitted the CDBG application with assistance from Chariton Valley Planning and Development in Centerville.

"I am thrilled that Chariton Valley Planning and Development was able to assist the city of Plano and ADLM Public Facilities Management with the application process," says Daugherty Miller. The grant award will be used jointly with funding from USDA Rural Development.

A considerable amount of time and planning went into the project with major roles from ADLM, USDA Rural Development, Mayor Gorden, and Garden and Associates of Oskaloosa who completed the application's engineering study.

"Chariton Valley Planning and Development staff has worked with a number of communities in southern Iowa on funding applications for wastewater improvements. The grant funds will allow Plano to remedy standing wastewater violations as cited by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources," she explains.

ADLM public Facilities Management will own and operate the facility. Following the bid letting in February of next year, construction is slated to begin in November 2007.

For more information regarding the CDBG award, please contact Chariton Valley Planning and Development at 641.437.4359.